Massachusetts

Beach Layers

The sands of Crane Beach, the waters of Ipswich Bay and Plum Island in the distance

New England

12 Best Picnic Spots in New England

All 12 of these best picnic spots in New England (from hilltops and beaches to orchards and wineries) are well worth the trip.

Maine

Little Lyford Pond Camps | Rustic Retreat

It’s five hours from Boston, Massachusetts, to Greenville, Maine, the last town en route to our destination, and it’s still another hour beyond there — on broken paved roads and dirt logging trails — to Little Lyford Pond Camps. These narrow byways are rutted and full of potholes. On the better sections, you might try […]

New Hampshire

Swimming Holes | New England Summer Tradition

Children come of age in the cold,deep swimming holes of summer. I grew up in the village of Walpole, New Hampshire, a mile from a little swimming hole called “Hovey’s.” It was nothing more than a deep spot in a brook, really–probably not known to more than a handful of local families. But I can […]

New England

Best Ice Cream in New England

Where do the experts go to find the best ice cream in New England? Read on to find travel and cookbook authors Jane and Michael Stern’s favorite ice cream stands and shops. Famed travel and cookbook authors Jane and Michael Stern travel thousands of miles for their popular Web site, roadfood.com, so we asked them […]

Travel

The Lure of the Lobster Shack

There may be no meal more memorable than lobster enjoyed on a wharf piled high with traps and the sea at your feet.

Magazine

The American Milking Devon | Preserving a Historic and Rare Breed of Cattle

Willow, an American Milking Devon at Manysummers Farm in Cornish, New Hampshire, has yellow honeysuckle flowers scattered across her broad, burgundy colored back, a consequence of grazing the lush grass beneath the blossoming shrub. As she considers at the visitors who’ve entered her pasture, half -munched grass dangles from her muzzle. She blinks, then lets […]

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